Table 1 Medico-legal aspects of craniomaxillofacial fracture cases in the studied period (2011–2016)

Etiology of MF fractures

 Road traffic injuries^#

851

69.7

 Fall from height and on the ground

184

15.1

 Violent assault and fight

125

10.2

 Firearm injuries

61

5.0

Manner of MF fracture

 Accidental

1015

83.1

 Homicidal

199

16.3

 Suicidal

7

0.6

Pattern of MF fracture

 Mandibular fracture

607

49.7

 Fracture maxilla

234

19.2

 Fracture zygoma

205

16.8

 Frontal bone fracture

111

9.1

 Nasal and naso-ethmoid fracture

64

5.2